Even though the winter seems long, time is flying by. Have I really not posted since nErDcampLI? Here’s what I’ve been up to lately.

I made a quick trip to Wisconsin for the holidays, where I managed to bake gingerbread cookies:

And check out the new ice-skating rink on the beautiful, not-quite-frozen-solid Lake Mendota:

Back in New York, a cool new subway opened:

But I haven’t spent much time riding it–I spent January working on my revision of The Last Grand Adventure. It was a lot of work, and a lot of fun, to get back into Bea and Pidge’s story. I took occasional breaks to read:

In early February I turned it in to my editor and then hopped a plane back to Wisconsin to meet my new niece:

I think she’s pretty adorable. 🙂 I made it back just before a snowstorm hit the city and gave us all a peaceful snow day: